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not how its done in the commercial world, think price-performance point
not an absolute performance contest at all, its 'bounce for the buck'
will I give up 0.5°C for a reduction of $5 in the mfgn cost ?
most of the time, yes
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Of course - it would be unreasonable to expect anything else - thus why nobody sells a synthetic diamond based waterblock
However, as a performance-minded consumer there is a dillema: Call it brand loyalty, call it trust in a manufacturer/product, but I like Swiftech blocks - however, I look at a performance graph like the one pHaestus posted in his MCW-5000 Review, and see that the Dtek Whitewater ($50-$55) and the Dangerden RBX ($53) both outperform the MCW5000A ($53) at all flow rates - and by quite a bit at higher flow rates. Would I, personally, mind if you added $5 or $10 to the price of the block to equal the performance of WW clones? Not particularly - I understand why an Audi costs more than a VW with the same performance.